Answer to Stack Overflow question: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/38437791/highcharts-selection

Mike Zavarello

HTML

<script src="https://code.highcharts.com/highcharts.js"></script>
<script src="https://code.highcharts.com/modules/exporting.js"></script>


    <div id="container"></div>

JavaScript

$(function () {
  $('#container').highcharts({
    chart: {
      type: 'column',
      zoomType: 'x'
    },
    colors:[
      '#7cb5ec',
      '#434348',
      '#90ed7d',
      '#f7a35c',
      '#8085e9',
      '#f15c80',
      '#e4d354',
      '#2b908f',
      '#f45b5b',
      '#91e8e1',
      '#DA70D6',
      '#1E90FF',
      '#E0F000'
    ],
    legend:{
      itemStyle:{
        fontSize:'10px',
        font:'10pt',
        color:'#000000'
      }
    },
    title:{
      style:{
        fontSize:'0px'
      }
    },
    subtitle:{
      style:{
        fontSize:'0px'
      }
    },
    xAxis: {
      categories: ['1960','1961','1962','1963','1964','1965','1966','1967','1968','1969','1970','1971','1972','1973','1974','1975','1976','1977','1978','1979','1980','1981','1982','1983','1984','1985','1986','1987','1988','1989','1990','1991','1992','1993','1994','1995','1996','1997','1998','1999','2000','2001','2002','2003', '2004','2005','2006','2007','2008','2009','2010','2011','2012','2013','2014','2015','2016']
    },
    yAxis: {
      min: 15,
      title: {
        text: 'Number',
        style:{
          fontSize:'0px'
        }
      }
    },
    tooltip: {        
      shared: false,
      useHTML: true
    },
    plotOptions: {
      column: {
        pointPadding: 0.2,
        borderWidth: 0
      }
    },
    series: [{
      name: 'Year',
      data: [49.9,83.6,48.9,69.1,83.6,40.9,69.9,83,28.9,40.9,81.6,24.9,46.4,49.9,83.6,48.9,69.1,83.6,40.9,69.9,83,28.9,40.9,81.6,24.9,46.4,49.9,83.6,48.9,69.1,83.6,40.9,69.9,83,28.9,40.9,81.6,24.9,46.4,49.9,83.6,48.9,69.1,83.6,40.9,69.9,83,28.9,40.9,81.6,24.9,46.4,49.9,83.6,48.9,69.1]
    }]
  });
});